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Aviation History
1941
1941 - 0625.PDF
FLIGH'l Boeing Flying Fortress BOMBERS Type CONSOLIDATED LIBERATOR. MARTIN MARYLAND. DOUGLAS DIGBY. DOUGLAS BOSTON. BOEING FLYING FORTRESS. LOCKHEED HUDSON. LOCKHEED VENTURA. Span ft. in. 110 0 61 4 90 0 61 4 103 10 65 6 65 6 Length ft. in. 63 0 46 8 57 0 47 0 67 11 44 4 49 10 Height ft. in. 19 0 9 7 15 0 15 10 15 5 11 6 11 6 Wing Area sq. ft. 1,100 539 — 465 1,417 550 550 Weight Empty lb. 10,586 — 11400 26,143 12,650 12,250 Weight Loaded lb. 40,000 15,297 29,500 15,030 47,450 17,500 17,500 Engines Four 1,200 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasps. Two 1,050 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasps. Two 1,200 h.p. Wright Cyclones. Two 1,050 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasps or two 1,600 h.p. Wright Double-row Cy- clones. Four 1,200 h.p. Wright Cyclones. Two 1,100 h.p. Wright Cyclones. Two 1,200 h.p. Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasps. Top Speed m.p.h. 320 305 220 320 (Wasps) 370 (Cy- clones.) 268 at 14,000 ft.). 260 260 Range Miles 3,000 2,470 — 1,200 rruising. 4,200 2,000 1,700 Ceiling ft. 35,000 29,500 26,000 29,300 25,000 27,000 Climb — 1,790ft/min. 14,000 ft. in 9 niin. " 1,800 ft/min. Armanunt Gun turrets in nose, tail and various positions in fuselage. Four fixed m.gs. Two free m.gs. 1.250 1b. of bombs. M.gs. in front tur- ret and in re- tractable turret. Four fixed m.gs. in nose. Two free m.gs. in rear. Five turrets and blisters in the nose and fuselage. Two fixed guns. Boulton Paul two-gun turret. Remarks Tricycle under- carriage. Crew of nine. Being de- livered by air. 215 of these were ordered by the French. Tricycle under- carriage. Being delivered by air across the At- lantic. All figures given are estimated from the " Lodestar. (Above) Lockheed Hudson and (below) Ventura.
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